Temporal and spatial variability of sediment flux into the sea from the three largest rivers in China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 102-115

  Liu, Feng ^a   Yang, Qingshu ^a,b   Chen, Shenliang ^c   Luo, Zhifa ^a   Yuan, Fei ^a   Wang, Runtian ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Estuarine Hydraulic Technology   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Change trend; Climate change; Human activities; Sediment flux; Yellow, yangtze and pearl rivers

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DAM CONSTRUCTION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER; ZHUJIANG;

EID: 84896126812     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2014.02.017     Document Type: Article

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